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I want to remove OSGeo4w to the base program without removing the program entirely. I am not using QGIS right now, but will in the future. I want to just remove some of the extra packages (and open some space up on my PC), but everytime I run the uninstall it adds to the storage size instead of removing. Before running the uninstall it was a total of 5.2GB.

storage on computer tried running uninstall using OSGeo4w.exe

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  • Do you mean that uninstalling QGIS added 1.5 GB into your OSGeo4W directory? That feels odd.
    – user30184
    Commented Sep 20, 2023 at 19:21
  • That's odd. Are you using the online installation option?
    – GforGIS
    Commented Sep 21, 2023 at 0:47
  • QGIS is installed but, was trying to remove the extra OSGeo4W packages. When going through the removal process in OSGeo4W, it used up more of my storage instead of uninstalling. I was using the OSGeo4W GUI to uninstall it.
    – Mik
    Commented Oct 20, 2023 at 15:58

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What works for me:

1 - I update the applications to the latest version available in osgeo4w.

2 - I rename the folder where the packages are (I put "_old")

3 - I open the osgeo4w installer, "Advanced" > "Install from internet"

4 - I indicate a new folder to download the packages

5 - in the package selection, I go to "All" and click until "Reinstall" appears.

It downloads the packages of the current versions that are installed (and their dependencies).

I would also like an option to remove the old packages and their old dependencies (to free up space)

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